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My father's tears and other stories

Paperback • 2010 • English • 1. edition

My father's tears and other stories

By John Updike

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About the book

John Updike was a master storyteller, and this collection, from his final years, reveals that up to the end he remained the finest short-story writer of his generation.'Magnificent, exhilarating, crisply evocative, rippling with irony. Updike's genius can be seen on peak form. With this book, a talent that burnt brightly goes out in a blaze of brilliance' Sunday Times'A haunting valedictory alive with characteristic preoccupations: small-town life; "domestic duplicity"; travel; aging rituals; a...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Short stories

Book details

ISBN

9780141042596

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2010

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

My father's tears and other stories

Format

Paperback

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